9110636

Portable Electronic Device with a Supporting Structure for Supporting a Display Module

PublishedAugust 18, 2015
Assigneenot available in USPTO data we have
InventorsWenHua Shen
Technical Abstract

Patent Claims
11 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A portable electronic device, comprising: a host module; a display module; a pivoting structure connected to the host module and the display module, the pivoting structure being for pivoting the display module relative to the host module; and a supporting structure connected to the display module and for supporting the display module on a supporting surface, the supporting structure comprising: a supporting portion for contacting against the supporting surface; and two supporting rods, two ends of the two supporting rods being connected to two ends of the supporting portion respectively, and the other ends of the two supporting rods being rotatably connected to two side portions of the display module respectively, so that the supporting structure rotates relative to the display module, a sliding slot being formed on the other end of each supporting rod, and parts of the two side portions of the display module being installed inside the two sliding slots, so that the two supporting rods move relative to the display module.

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2. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein two connecting holes are formed on the two side portions respectively, two perforations are formed on two ends of each sliding slot respectively, the supporting structure further comprises two pivoting components, and each pivoting component passes through the corresponding connecting hole and the corresponding perforation, so that the supporting structure slides and rotates relative to the display module.

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3. The portable electronic device of claim 2 , wherein an aperture is further formed on each side portion of the display module and communicated to the corresponding connecting hole, and each pivoting component comprises: a cylindrical portion passing through the corresponding perforation and the corresponding connecting hole; a stopping portion disposed on the cylindrical portion; and a driving portion connected to an end of the cylindrical portion, the driving portion driving the cylindrical portion and the stopping portion to pass through the corresponding perforation, so as to pass through the corresponding connecting hole and the corresponding aperture respectively after the stopping portion is aligned with the corresponding aperture.

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4. The portable electronic device of claim 3 , wherein a fan-shaped groove is formed on each connecting hole, after the cylindrical portion and the stopping portion pass through the corresponding connecting hole and the corresponding aperture respectively, the driving portion is for driving the cylindrical portion and the stopping portion to rotate, so that the stopping portion rotates to contact against the fan-shaped groove, so as to prevent the pivoting component from separating from the display module and the supporting rod.

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5. The portable electronic device of claim 4 , wherein each pivoting component further comprises a pressing portion, and the supporting structure further comprises: two bases disposed inside the display module, a column being disposed on each base; and two resilient components, each resilient component sheathing the corresponding column, each resilient component pushing the pressing portion of the corresponding pivoting component as the corresponding driving portion drives the stopping portion to rotate from the fan-shaped groove to align with the aperture, so as to separate the corresponding pivoting component from the display module and the supporting rod.

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6. The portable electronic device of claim 3 , wherein each pivoting component further comprises a locking portion disposed on the cylindrical portion, the supporting rod slides relative to the corresponding pivoting component as the locking portion is parallel to the corresponding sliding slot, and the supporting rod is not able to slide relative to the corresponding pivoting component as the locking portion is not parallel to the corresponding sliding slot.

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7. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the supporting structure further comprises a frame, and the two supporting rods are movably connected to two ends of the frame.

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8. The portable electronic device of claim 7 , further comprising a plurality of fixing components for fixing the frame on the display module.

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9. The portable electronic device of claim 7 , wherein two locating blocks are formed on the frame, at least one locating slot is further formed on the other end of each supporting rod, and the two locating blocks are engaged with the at least one locating slot of the two supporting rods respectively as the two supporting rods rotate relative to the frame to a specific angle, so as to fix the two supporting rods on the frame.

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10. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein two engaging slots are further formed on the two supporting rods, and two engaging blocks are formed on the two side portions for engaging with the two engaging slots, so as to fix the two supporting rods on the display module.

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11. The portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the supporting structure further comprises at least one slip-resistant component installed on the supporting portion for prevent the supporting portion from slipping relative to the supporting surface.

Patent Metadata

Filing Date

Unknown

Publication Date

August 18, 2015

Inventors

WenHua Shen

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